SECTION 260:25-17-131. Definitions

  The following words and terms, when used in this Part shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Annual training requirements" means a curricula approved by the Administrator for certified personnel professionals to maintain certification.

"Certification" means the successful completion of the course curricula or service as an instructor for the course curricula, and the successful completion of the examination established by the Administrator for testing competency in professional personnel practices.

"Certified Personnel Professionals" means employees who have achieved and maintained certification.

"Personnel professional" means an employee in the classified or unclassified service, who on a regular and consistent basis as an integral part of his or her normal work assignment and job family descriptor, performs professional duties developing or implementing personnel administration policies, practices and procedures.

"Personnel professional" includes persons performing such duties in the job families of Human Resources Programs Manager, Human Resources Management Specialist, Personnel Programs Analyst, Personnel Programs Coordinator, Human Resources Programs Director, or in other job families designated by the Administrator as professional personnel positions; and those persons in classified or unclassified positions occupying comparable positions or performing comparable duties as determined by the Administrator. The Administrator may waive the training requirements for personnel professionals whose primary assigned duties are in the areas of benefits, payroll, training, affirmative action/equal employment opportunity, retirement, safety, workers compensation, or employee assistance programs, according to 260:25-17-136.

[Source: Added at 31 Ok Reg 1346, eff 9-12-14]